Garment-supporter



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H. S. BREWINGTON.'

GARMENT SUPPOR'I'ER.

No. 601,745. PatentedApr'. 5,1898.

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HENRY S. BREVINGTON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

GARNIEl\lT-SUF' PORTER.`v

SPECIFICATION forming-part of Letters Patent No. 601,745, dated Aprile, 1898. Application filed october 2,1897, serial No. 653,826. (mman.)

T0 tu whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, HENRY S. BREWINGTON, acitizen of the'United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, haveinvented a new and useful Garment-Supporter, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to garment-supporters and like devices in which is included a clasp for engaging and `holding a fabric; and a special object ofV my invention is to furnish an improved clasp applicable to all such devices.

With this object in view my invention consists in a clasp for use upon garment-supporters and like devices, comprising a plate and a springtongue provided with rearwardly-pointed barbs or tangs turned toward and adaptedto be held in contact with the plate by the elasticityr of the tongue.

My invention further consists in a clasp of this description in which the barbs ortangs are stamped out of the metal of the plate itself. i

My invention further consists ofk a clasp of this description in which the tongue and barbs are stamped out of the metal of the plate and the tongue bent to form a curved spring.

My invention further consists in a clasp of the construction specified in which the barbs or tangs are held in contact with thefplate at points outside of the space fromwhich the heads and barbs are stamped.

My invention further consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, and afterward specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In order to enable others skilled in the artto which my invention most nearly appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification", in Which- Figure l is a perspective view of a supporter for mens drawers provided with my improved clasp. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a central section therethrough, showing the application of the device to the waistband of the trousers and drawers. Fig. 4 is a view of the blank from attached. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a scarf-holder provided with my improved clasp. Fig. 10 is a perspective view showing the application of my improved clasp to stocking or other garment supporters.V Fig. l1 is a perspective view of a double-ended stocking-supporter provided with my limproved clasp on each end. Fig. 12 is a perspective .view of one form of cuff-holder provided with my improved clasp. Fig. 13 is a perspective view of another form of a cuff-holder.

K l'Like letters of reference mark the same parts Wherever they occur in the various iigures of the drawings. Y

Referring to the drawings by letters, A is aplate of elasticsheet metal from which my improved clasp is to be formed. That part of the plate which includes a tongue B, a head C, and tangs or barbs Dv will be of the same construction in any of the numerous garment supporters or holders to. which my improved clasp maybe applied, the changes in construction in the various devices taking place outside of this portion ofthe plate.

In thevmanufacture of my improvedr clasp the tongue B, head C, and barbs D are stamped out of the metal of the plate, leavingthe tongue attached, at E, itbeing not entirely cut from the plate. AHaving stamped out these parts,the further operation of manufacturing my clasp consists in reversely curving the tongue B, as clearly shown at B and B2, the

curve B2 being on one side of the plane of the plate proper and the curve B on the opposite side, the tongue passing through the space in the plate A', from which it was cut', at B3, and the head C being held slightly away from the plate A in order to permit of the easy insertion between it and the plate of the material to be held by the tangs D, which are bent downward and toward theroot ofthe tongue, so that they bear with spring-pressure upon the face of the plate A. The curving of the tongue necessarily shortens it and draws the IOO head and tangs toward the root of the tongue, so that the tangs themselves rest upon the plate outside of the space from which they are stamped, and being bent downward and inward, as it were, as before stated, they will engage with any fabric slipped between the head C and the plate A and prevent the withdrawal of such fabric. Besides forming a double curved spring by such reverse bending of the tongue B the portion B2 on the opposite side of the plate from the head C also serves as a projecting point upon which to press in order to move the head C and tangs I) away from the plate A, so that the material clasped between them may be readilyv removed.

I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings several applications of my improved clasp, that in Figs. 1 to 5 being a device for supporting mens drawers from the waistband of the trousers, the opposite end of the plate A being formed into a hook F to engage over the top of the waistband of the trousers, (shown in section at F,) theclasp being passed over the upper edge of the waistband of the drawers, as at F2.

In Fig. 6 the opposite end of the plate of which my clasp is formed is provided with a double-pointed head G to pass through the buttonhole G in the tongue G2, which is usu-` ally attached at the lower end of the bosom of a shirt, the clasp in this instance being intended also to engage the waistband F2 of the drawers. 4

In Fig. S I have shown the rear end of the plate provided with a transverse slot II, in which is engaged and fastened the lower end of a tape or elastic webbing I-I, which may be provided with any desirable means to secure its opposite end. (Not shown.)

In Fig. 10 I have shown two of the same form of devices as illustrated in Fig. `8 connected together by an elastic webbing I, this form being intended to be used as a garter or stockingsupporter or for any analogous purpose that may suggest itself.

In Fig. 9 I have illustrated the opposite end of the plate simply rounded, as at J, this device being intended to clasp a scarf to a shirtbosom in the well-known manner, the rounded end .I serving as a handle.

vIn Fig. 11 I have shown a construction which may be applied to any of the uses for which the device illustrated in Fig. l0 is suitable, this construction being a plate provided with one of my improved clasps on each end and having a central substantially circularshaped portion K.

The devices shown in Figs. 10 and ll may be used in any position where a double clasp is needed.

In Figs.12 and 13 I have illustrated my improved clasp in the form of a cuff-holder, the tongue L, which is to engage the buttonhole of the cuff, being turned at right angles to the tongue B of the clasp in Fig. 12 and parallel therewith in Fig. 13.

In each of these illustrated instances the operation of the clasp will be well understood without further explanation, and although I have shown several applications of my invention I do not wish to be' understood as restricting myself to those illustrated, as I hold myself to be entitled to protection for my improved clasp in any position in which it may be placed and in connection with any other construction to which it may be applied.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A garment-supporter or clasp comprising a plate, and a spring-tongue provided with rearwardly-pointed barbs or tangs turned toward the body of the tongue and adapted to be held, by the elasticity of said tongue, in contact with the plate, substantially as described.

2. A garment-supporter or clasp comprising a plate, and a spring-tongue provided with rearwardly-pointed barbs or tangs stamped out of the metal of the plate and turned toward the body of the tongue and adapted to be normally held, by the elasticity of said tongue,in contact with the plate,substantially as described.

3. A garment-supporter or clasp comprising a plate, and a spring-tongue stamped out of the metal of the plate and bent to form a curved' spring, being also provided with rearwardly-pointed barbs or tangs, turned toward the body of the tongue and adapted to be nor- IOO mally held, by the elasticity of said tongue,

in contact with the plate, substantially as described.

et. A garment-supporter or clasp comprising a plate, and a spring-tongue stamped out of the metal of the plate and bent to form a curved spring, being also provided with rearwardly-pointed barbs or tangs, turned toward the body of the tongue and adapted to be normally held, by the elasticity of said tongue, in contactwith the plate at points outside of the space from which the head and barbs were stamped, substantially as described.

5. The herein-described clasp for garmentsupporters, consisting of a single piece of elastic sheet metal, comprising the plate, A, and tongue, B, with head, C, and barbs or points, D D, the tongue being bent at E to form a curved spring on one` side of the plane of the plate, and the head and its points projecting on the opposite side of said plane, the front edge of the head being held normally out of the plane of the plate to permit ofthe introduction of the fabric of the garment between thel head and plate, .and the points being inclined toward, and normally resting with spring-pressure on, the plate to cause them to engage the fabric so entered and prevent its withdrawal, substantially as described.

HENRY S. BREWINGTQN.

Witnesses:

FRANK J. MULHALL, S. BRAsHEARs.

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